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The celestial worlds discover'd / [by] Christian Huygens; [translated from the Latin by Timothy Childe].

Main Author:	Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695.
Language(s):	English ; Latin
Published:	London : Cass, 1968.
Edition:	1st English ed. new impression.
Subjects:	Plurality of worlds.
Note:	Facsimile reprint of 1st English ed., London, Timothy Childe, 1698. Original t.p. reads: The celestial worlds discover'd: or, conjectures concerning the inhabitants, plants and productions of the worlds in the planets. Translation of Kosmotheoros sive De terris coelestibus earumque ornatu conjecturae.
Physical Description:	[5], vi, 163 p. 3 plates, illus. 23 cm.
Original Format:	Book
Original Classification Number:	QB 54 .H993 1698a
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